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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Whereas /IF
Whereas the use of synthetic fertilizers has greatly expanded agricultural productivity in many parts of the world, if these fertilizers are used increasingly, they can create serious environmental problems such as water pollution
Guys,
What is wrong with above sentence...I see no grammatical issue (DEPENDENT CLAUSE ), though it sounds awkward..Does whereas signals parallelism.. I mean the use of .. is in the independent clause so should main clause also contain increased usage ...?
Please clarify
Guys,
What is wrong with above sentence...I see no grammatical issue (DEPENDENT CLAUSE ), though it sounds awkward..Does whereas signals parallelism.. I mean the use of .. is in the independent clause so should main clause also contain increased usage ...?
Please clarify
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It seems to me that 'whereas' is just the wrong word choice; it should be ' while '. Neither definition really fits the situation: 1. while on the contrary -- The clauses are not really opposite statements.
- It seems to me that 'whereas' is just the wrong word choice; it should be ' while '.
- Neither definition really fits the situation: 1.
- while on the contrary -- The clauses are not really opposite statements.
- 2.
- it being the case that, or considering that -- The sentence is not considering the first clause in writing the 2nd.
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It seems to me that 'whereas' is just the wrong word choice; it should be 'while'. Neither definition really fits the situation:
1. while on the contrary -- The clauses are not really opposite statements.
1. while on the contrary -- The clauses are not really opposite statements.
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